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I did a Google search on a question today.  What is more important to Americans, Health or Money?  The search took me to a website called debate.org.  The site posted the questions, tallied the responses and allowed the respondents to comment.  I was shocked to see that the poll was running 50/50 in respondents choosing one or the other.  Steve Jobs was one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in America.  He was the Co-founder of Apple and died young at the age of 56, after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  He was a brilliant thinker and in regards to living and dying and health and money he has these things to say:

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.”
– Wall Street Journal 1993

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
– Stanford commencement speech 2005

So I have a question for you?  If you were to look at your health, and lets specifically focus on the health of your mouth.  What would you want your mouth to look like at the end of your life?  Most people say – well I want to have my teeth.  But does having your teeth really constitute having a healthy mouth?  If we were to compare your mouth to a road which type of road would you like to drive on every day?

Would you like to drive on the one that has been patched over and over again and continues to breakdown?  We have all driven on roads like that.  They drive all bumpy and rough and you need to avoid the potholes.  We also have all driven on roads that are easy to drive on. Smooth as glass, the tires hug the road rather than being bounced off it.

What about your mouth?  Would you like to be able to chew and eat with all your teeth working in harmony with your jaw and have a beautiful smile where the teeth are all the same color and size and aligned nicely in a row?  Or would you rather have your teeth look like a row of corn on a kernel where all the kernels are a different color or shape.  Some may look worn down or gnarled, others may be missing?

In the mouth that may look like some of these mouths